Combined hammock-support and canopy-top



(No Model.)

TIERGUSON. COMBINED HAMMOGK SUPPORT AND CANOPY TOP. No. 363.223. Patented May 1'7, 188'].

WITNESSES INVENTOR I W Wm Z ATTORNEYS- NITEDJTATES THOMAS FERGUSON, OF PARKERSBURG, IOW'A.

COMBINED HAMMOCK=SUPPORT AND CANOPY-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,223, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed November 2, 1886. Serial No. 217,859.. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, THOMAS FERGUSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Parkersburg, in the county of .Butler and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hammock-Support and Canopy-Top; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a detail.

My invention relates to hammock-supports and canopies combined; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A and B designate the feet of the support, which are pivoted to the under faces of the end bars, 0 D, of the structure, so that the feet may be turned to occupy positions either parallel with said end pieces when it is desired to pack the structure for shipment, or at right angles thereto when it is desired to set the support up for use. At their inner ends the end bars, 0 D, are provided with re cesses E F, made vertically through them, in which recesses the bolts G- H in the base-bar I, and near the ends of the latter bar, rest when the structure is set up. To the end bars, 0 D, are pivoted the end posts, J K and L M, said end posts being erected in pairs. Between the upper ends of each pair of end posts a block, N, is secured by a rod, I, which passes through both the end posts and the blocks. In their upper ends the end posts are provided with kerfs or recesses Q, which are cut in said end posts in the direction of the length of the structure.

Below the kerfs or recesses Q holes R are made in each of the end post-s, J K L M, and through these holes R brace-ropes S T are passed from the inner faces of the posts, said ropes extending down to and through holes at the ends of the feet A B, the ends of said braceropes being knotted to retain them in place,

Instead of using the ropes S T, I may, and

sometimes do, use iron rods in their stead for connecting the end posts and feet A B. The ropes are cheaper, however, and preferable for that reason, and for the further reason that they permit the support to be more readily packed for shipment or storage.

U designates the ridge-pole, which is made in two sections, V WV, the inner or meeting ends of which are secured upon the inclined upper faces of a triangularshaped block or piece, X, by bolts passed through the sections of the ridge-pole U and the piece X. Near their outer ends the sections V W of the ridgepole U are provided in their lower faces with notches a, two of which, when the ridge-pole is in place, engage the blocks N N between the upper ends of the end posts. The ridge-pole U is designed to prevent the canopy from sagging when in place upon the support. The canopy -franie Z consists of three or more transversely-disposed arched ribs or bows, a b c, which are provided with eyes d at their ends, through which eyes a rope, e, is passed, and knotted at each end of each rib to hold the ribs at proper distances apart. The ends of the rope e are passed through the holes 9 in the ends of two slide-blocks, h z. The ends thus passed are drawn through for short distances, and then from the same sides of the blocks where said ends were first enteredthe ends of the rope are passed through holes 70, and knots I are tied on theends of said ropes to retain the blocks thereon. By this arrangement the rope 6 can be adjusted in the slidebloeks h z to take up the slack in the rope at any time when necessary By lengthening the brace ropes the end supports may be turned inwardly to bring their upper ends nearer to each other, so that the support may be adjusted to suit'hammocks of different lengths. The slide-blocks permit the canopy-frame to be shortened or lengthened to suit hammocks of different lengths. The hammock is connected to the end posts by ropes looped around the upper ends of said posts.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1S--'-' 1, Thecombination, with the basebar, the end bars provided with pivoted feet secured to the ends of said base-bar, and the end posts arranged in pairs at each end, pivoted at their lower ends to the end bars, kerfed at their upper ends, and each pair having a connectingblock, N, bolted between them near their upper ends, of the ridge-pole provided with notches near its ends to engage with said blocks, the canopy-frame consisting of the arched ribs and encircling cord tied in the end openings in said ribs, and the blocks by means of which the length of the encircling cord is adjusted, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the pivoted and notched end bars for supporting the hammock,

of the stay-cords extending from the base to the top of the said end bars, the cross-rounds between the, bars, the ridge-pole, the bows, I 5 and the ropes passing througheyes in the said bows, substantially as specified. p

-In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS FERGUSON. 

